Gary Oldman Quotes
Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
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Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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If you're not in it you can't win it.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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I'm not graceful.
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Movies don't have borders.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.
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It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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I think social media, it in a way forces companies to be more authentic or more transparent because it gives a voice to the consumer and a reach to the consumer that they didn't have before.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
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In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
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Idealism does not represent a superfluous expression of emotion, but in truth it has been, is, and will be, the premise for what we designate as human culture...Without his idealistic attitude all, even the most dazzling faculties of the intellect, would remain mere intellect just like outward appearance without inner value, and never creative force....The purest idealism is unconsciously equivalent to the deepest knowledge.
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The more tools I have, the more freedom I have.
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Do you remember how electrical currents and 'unseen waves' were laughed at? The knowledge about man is still in its infancy.
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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
